Hot 100 number-one singles of 1960
# For the week
Ending
Song
backed with
Artist(s) Time Record label
1 January 10
January 17
El Paso
Running Gun
Marty Robbins 4:37 Columbia 41511A
2 January 24
January 31
February 7
Running Bear
My Heart Knows
Johnny Preston 2:36 Mercury 71474A
3 February 14
February 21
Teen Angel
Bye Now Baby
Mark Dinning 2:37 MGM 12845A
4 February 28
March 7
March 14
March 21
March 28
April 4
April 11
April 18
April 25
Theme from A Summer Place
Go-Go-Po-Go
Percy Faith 2:18 Columbia 41490A
5 May 1
May 8
May 15
May 22
Stuck on You
Fame And Fortune
Elvis Presley 2:13 RCA Victor 47-7740A
6 May 29
June 5
June 12
June 19
June 26
Cathy's Clown
Always It's You
The Everly Brothers 2:22 Warner Bros. S-5151A
7 July 3
July 10
Everybody's Somebody's Fool
Jealous Of You
Connie Francis 2:37 MGM 12899A
8 July 17 Alley Oop
Sho' Know A Lot About Love
Hollywood Argyles 2:40 Lute 5905A
9 July 24
July 31
August 7
I'm Sorry
That's All You Gotta Do
Brenda Lee 2:39 Decca 31093A
10 August 14 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Don't Dilly-Dally Sally
Brian Hyland 2:19 Leader 805A
11 August 21
August 28
September 4
September 11
September 18
It's Now or Never
A Mess Of Blues
Elvis Presley 3:14 RCA Victor 47-7777A
12 September 25 The Twist
Toot
Chubby Checker 2:34 Parkway 811A
13 October 2
October 9
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
Malaguena
Connie Francis 2:30 MGM 12923A
14 October 16 Mr. Custer
Okefenokee Two-Step
Larry Verne 3:02 Era 3024A
15 October 23 Save The Last Dance for Me
Nobody But Me
The Drifters 2:26 Atlantic 2071A
16 October 30 I Want to Be Wanted
Just A Little
Brenda Lee 3:02 Decca 31149A
17 November 6
November 13
Save The Last Dance for Me
Nobody But Me
The Drifters 2:26 Atlantic 2071A
18 November 20 Georgia on My Mind
Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
Ray Charles 3:37 ABC-Paramount 10135A
19 November 27 Stay
Do You Believe
Maurice Williams
& the Zodiacs
1:36 Herald 552A
20 December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25
January 2, 1961
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
I Gotta Know
Elvis Presley 3:08 RCA Victor 47-7810A
Hot 100 number-two singles of 1960 (held down by the #1 hits)
21 March 6 Handy Man
The Search Is Over
Jimmy Jones 1:58 Cub 9049A
22 March 13
March 20
March 27
He'll Have To Go
In A Mansion Stands My Love
Jim Reeves 2:19 RCA Victor 47-7643A
23 April 3 Wild One
Little Bitty Girl
Bobby Rydell 2:20 Cameo 171A
24 April 10
April 17
Puppy Love
Adam And Eve
Paul Anka 2:39 ABC-Paramount 10082A
25 April 24
May 1
May 8
May 15
Greenfields
Angelique-O
The Brothers Four 3:00 Columbia 41571A
26 July 31 Only The Lonely
(Know The Way I Feel)

Here Comes That Song Again
Roy Orbison 2:26 Monument 421A
27 September 4 Walk--Don't Run
Home
The Ventures 2:02 Dolton 5A
28 October 9
October 16
Chain Gang
I Fall In Love Every Day
Sam Cooke 2:32 RCA Victor 47-7783A
29 November 20 Poetry In Motion
Princess, Princess
Johnny Tillotson 2:30 Cadence 1384A
30 December 4
December 11
December 18
December 25
Last Date
Sweetie Baby
Floyd Cramer 2:28 RCA Victor 47-7775A
Hot 100 singles of 1960 (held down by the #1 & #2 hits)
31
#3
December 18 A Thousand Stars
Eddie My Darling
Kathy Young
& The Innocents
3:10 Indigo 108A